Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom is expecting an entertaining game on Saturday when Hull City make the trip to Oakwell.

The Tigers travel South Yorkshire looking for their first away win in the league in 14 months against a Barnsley side who the bookies have tipped as one of the favourites for relegation from the Championship this season.

Both sides have endured a stuttering start to the season, picking up just three league wins so far to leave the two clubs in the lower half of the table and both will know the importance a win on Saturday could have.

Nevertheless, with City’s leaky defence Heckingbottom is confident Barnsley can prolong Leonid Slutsky’s wait for an away win as City boss.

“I think regardless of goals it'll be an entertaining game,” The Barnsley boss said. “You never quite know which way they're going to go these sorts of games.

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“We're at home, we'll be positive, they've got really good attacking players, so if both of us play our natural games then I think a lot of it will come down to how good each defence, how each team copes with the opposition who'll probably win the game.”

City will be hoping Fraizer Campbell will be fit enough to travel on Saturday while David Meyler will be Slutsky’s only enforced change from last week as the midfielder serves a one-game suspension.

Stephen Kingsley will miss the fixture as he continues to recover from a groin injury, while Abel Hernandez, Will Keane, Moses Odubajo and Ryan Mason remain long-term injuries.

However, while the home side will welcome back Andy Yiadom this weekend, the Tykes have their own injury concerns as Heckingbottom confirmed Lloyd Isgrove and Gary Gardner could miss the game.

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“We are carrying one or two niggles but I'm expecting everyone in training before the game and we'll see how we look,” he added. "In terms of Andy Yiadom, he's fit and available but he's played no minutes yet so it's difficult. But he's been training for last the couple of weeks and he looks fine.

“Lloyd Isgrove is getting better, day by day. We had to pull him out of training over the weekend but he's been back in since Tuesday with the group and he's getting stronger. A big part of Izzy's game is his pace, his power and physical qualities so we want to make sure he's ready.

“We don't set players up here to fail. Then we had Angus MacDonald out last week, he wasn't well but again, he's back in now. Gary Gardner's back in training but he's not ready, he's not got full movement in the leg as yet, but he's getting there. It's going to be good soon to have so many options.”